Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front (FN) party, is almost certain to advance to the second round of the country’s 2017 presidential election, according to a new poll published on Thursday.

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The study – conducted by research centre Elabe for France’s Radio Classique and the newspaper Les Echos – found that Le Pen is almost certain to qualify for the second round with between 25 and 28 percent of the vote.

Le Pen, who took over the FN’s leadership in 2011 from its founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, has worked hard over the past five years to detoxify its reputation as a fundamentally racist and anti-Semitic party.

President François Hollande, who has hinted strongly at a run for re-election, would likely be eliminated in the first round, according to the poll, which found he would win only 12 to 16 percent of the vote.

The study projected he would definitely lose to his former economy minister Emmanuel Macron, who has yet to declare his candidacy.